Why am I told that I have to read in order to obtain cultural

yes, exactly. You got it Op, do what you think is best instead

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"To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day."

>>7814326
Keep posting on 4chan and wealth and power will come to you

These days, the ones with cultural capital are the ones who played EarthBound upon its original release in 1995. Not joking.

>>7814326
Reading is a spook.

>>7814326
Because you are either a university student or spend most of your time on /lit/

>>7814326
everyone has cultural capital. not everyone has valued cultural capital. the term comes from pierre bourdieu.
this just means that everyone has some cultural things (beliefs, values, etc.) to offer society; however, society (being an assimilation system) only values certain forms of cultural capital, shunning or out-casting capital that does not conform with what it values.

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>>7814550
>mfw in 20~30 years the ones with social capital will be the people who browsed 4chan through the '00s.